to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
prejudice; bias; distorted view
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
extensive knowledge; erudition
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
purplish; purply; tinged with purple
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
to become famous; to gain fame
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
hoarding; storing away (without using)
to be saved up (of money)
mill ends; lumber remnants; wood waste
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares